by UnknownMami on May 21, 2012
I’ve always thought of jealousy as a useless, toxic thing. It is damaging and negative. This I know and yet I am not immune to it. Although the Universe is abundant, there are times when I feel a tightening in my chest and doubt coursing through my veins. When this happens, I face my jealousy straight on, examine it, and reason with it.
Absolutely! Jealousy is a symptom of insecurity and I’ve been known to be neurotic. Do I want to celebrate my neurotic insecurity? No, of course not.
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by UnknownMami on April 24, 2012
Growing up one of my favorite albums was Combat Rock by The Clash. Come to think of it, I still love that album. Every song on that album pleases me, but Should I Stay or Should I Go is a definite favorite. That song is just catchy.
I don’t know how many times I listened to it before I realized that some of the lyrics are in Spanish, but it was the upteenth time and then all of a sudden it hit me and I was like, “Get the hell out of here, there is Spanish in this song!” And that made me like it even more. A bilingual song in my bilingual world!
To this day I get a thrill when the song comes on the radio and the Spanish kicks in. I sing along off-key at the top of my lungs and many a time a befuddled traveling companion will say, [Click for more...]
by UnknownMami on April 11, 2012
Dear Ashley Judd,
I was surfing the internet and saw a picture of you, I wouldn’t have given it much thought but the headline was something about you responding to criticism about your appearance. Of course, the headline was a little more alluring than I am making it sound. Anyway, a couple of clicks later I found myself reading your essay on The Daily Beast. As I read, I smugly agreed. Yes society is misogynistic, yes the obsession with women’s appearance is absurd and demeaning. It all made sense and spoke to me because I am raising two daughters and I feel daunted by the task. How do I help them mature into strong intelligent women in a society that does not celebrate girls or women as complex human beings, but instead wants to objectify them and judge their worth based on attributes like age, weight, and beauty? [Click for more...]
by UnknownMami on March 26, 2012
I know certain things are true. I feel these truths in my soul, but sometimes I need to be reminded.
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